Basic Background Info

Biography

Best known for his work with Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, Brad Wilk started playing the drums at age thirteen. The following year, Brad Wilk received his first drum kit.

Before Rage, Brad Wilk was the drummer for the band Lock Up, who released one album in 1989 titled Something Bitchin' This Way Comes. Lock Up broke up after the album received little attention. The band's guitarist Tom Morello wanted to pick up where theyíd left off and decided to create a new band. Morello contacted Brad Wilk, who was playing in a band called Greta, to see if he was interested in joining his new band. Brad Wilk agreed and the two joined forces. Shortly after, Wilk and Morello met childhood friends Zack de la Rocha and Tim Commerford. Morello, Wilk, de la Rocha, and Commerford then became Rage Against the Machine.

The band played the Los Angeles club circuit before landing a record deal with Epic Records in 1992. That year they released their self titled debut. Rage Against the Machine quickly found a large fan base and phenomenal success. They continued to perform and release albums until, in late 2000, Zack de la Rocha decided to leave the band.

Audioslave was formed when the remaining members of Rage Against the Machine teamed up with former Soundgarden frontman, Chris Cornell. They began working in the studio together in 2001 but briefly split in 2002. Their 2002 debut reached triple platinum status. When Audioslave played a free concert in Cuba they were the first American rock band to play in the communist country. Unfortunately, when Cornell left the band in 2007 the entire band dismantled.

The same year, Rage Against the Machine reunited for the annual Coachella Music Festival. They turned their temporary reunion performance into a reunion tour including the Hip Hop festival, Rock the Bells, a concert at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre with Queens of the Stone Age, the New Orleans Voodoo Music Experience, the Las Vegas Vegoose Festival, Big Day Out festival in New Zealand, and shows in both Australia and Japan.

Aside from Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, Brad Wilk worked on the 1994 Kiss tribute album, Kiss My Ass, with Morello, Maynard James Keenan of Tool, and Billy Gould of Faith No More. Along with Tim Commerford, he also worked with Keenan on his side project Puscifer. Wilk composed the song, "Snoop Bounce" for Snoop Dogg's album, Death Row's Greatest Hits.

Discography

Album Year

Album Name

Album Band

1992

Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine

1994

Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved

Various Artists

1995

Crow

Original Soundtrack

1996

Evil Empire

Rage Against the Machine

1997

Tibetan Freedom Concert

Various Artists

1998

Live & Rare

Rage Against the Machine

1999

Battle of Los Angeles

Rage Against the Machine

1999

Guerilla Radio

Rage Against the Machine

1999

M.O.M., Vol. 3: Music for Our Mother Ocean

Various Artists

1999

Rock: Train Kept a Rollin'

Various Artists

2000

Battle of Los Angeles

Rage Against the Machine

2000

Renegades

Rage Against the Machine

2000

Skull & Bones

Cypress Hill

2000

Sleep Now in the Fire, Pt. 1

Rage Against the Machine

2000

Testify

Rage Against the Machine

2001

Death Row's Snoop Doggy Dogg Greatest Hits

Snoop Doggy Dogg

2002

Audioslave

Audioslave

2003

Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium [DVD]

Rage Against the Machine

2003

Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium

Rage Against the Machine

2004

Axis Of Justice: Concert Series, Vol. 1

Various Artists

2005

Out of Exile

Audioslave

2006

Revelations

Audioslave

2007

Death Row's Snoop Doggy Dogg Greatest Hits

Snoop Dogg

2013

13

Black Sabbath

Noise

Brad Wilk has Type 1 diabetes.

Since Brad Wilk has diabetes, he has never been to find an all-natural sugar-free lemonade that would fit his dietary needs. He began making 'Olade' for him himself in his kitchen. Olade is now an FDA approved and has been put on the market as a non-dietary supplement.

Brad Wilk stars alongside Maynard James Keenan in the short film 'Sleeping Dogs Lie.'